On 02/09/2012 05:09 PM, Steve Gordon wrote:
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Burns" <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2012 5:00:54 PM
>> Subject: Repo files
>>
>> Currently, we are providing 2 repo files, both named
>> ovirt-engine.repo.
>> One is located in the nightly area of the repository, and the other
>> in
>> the stable area.
>>
>> Would it make more sense to:
>>
>> 1.  Have a single repo file containing an entry for both stable and
>> nightly with just stable enabled by default?
>> 2.  Provide this in some form of ovirt-release RPM?
>>
> 
> This was brought up previously and my belief was (and is) that yes we should 
> do this. At the time the repo and spec file I made with assistance from 
> Karsten were put here:
> 
>     http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Yum_repo_file
> 
> A few minor changes are required (for instance I don't believe we include the 
> arch in the path as originally suggested nor do we have SRPM directories yet) 
> but I still think for the most part this holds. In particular I think using a 
> repo file distributed in an RPM is very useful because:
> 
> - We can update the repo file and bump the NVR of the RPM as required and 
> have yum pick it up as required, rather than putting it on the website and 
> hoping users see the note to grab an updated one.
> - One repo file to rule them all, this configuration supports both nightly 
> and stable from one file (ideally) in a consistent location.
> - Will make life much easier when we want to add a GPG key and start signing 
> packages.

+1 to Steve's proposal
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